Wachovia Plans 300 ‘Green’ Branches
Wachovia plans to build only "green" financial centers by the end of next year and plans to build at least 300 "green" branches nationally by 2010, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Eight new...
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NBC Universal Gets Large Dose Of Ecomagination
NBC Universal has launched “Get On Board,� a program to reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness. It's all part of General Electric’s (NBCU parent) ecomagination initiative. Here are the highlights...
Flexcar Rolls Into Pittsburgh
Car-sharing service Flexcar has rolled into Pittsburgh, making it the 12th city the company operates in. The car-sharing program will begin...
Hotels Go Eco-Friendly
DoubleTree Guest Suites in Times Square has two floors of eco-friendly rooms that include wastebaskets marked "recycling," energy-saving light bulbs in all fixtures, water-saving showerheads, and on-the-shower-wall containers filled with shampoo and conditioner, as well as many other environmental efforts, Hotel Chatter reports. Some Kimpton Hotels...
Flexcar Enters Baltimore Market
Flexcar has expanded to the city of Baltimore through a partnership with The Johns Hopkins University. The initial group of four hybrid vehicles will be parked across campus and available to students, faculty, staff and neighborhood residents for use by the hour. Additional vehicles will be added on campus and in the city throughout the year. Baltimore becomes Flexcar’s 10th
Applied Materials Plans Largest Corporate Solar Power System in U.S.
Applied Materials announced it will install the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the U.S. The plan calls for over 1.9 megawatts of solar power generation capability at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. “When the project is complete we will have a silent, non-polluting 1.9 megawatt power plant on what is currently open roof space
Freight Companies Work to Limit Idling
According to the Department of Energy, long-haul trucks idle 500 to 3,500 hours a year, consuming up to a billion gallons of diesel fuel a year, The New York Times reports. Freight companies are instituting policies to limit idling, providing incentives to drivers to reduce it or installing...
UK Environmental Secretary Supports Carbon Quotas for Car-Owners
The UK's Environment Secretary, David Miliband, is trying to persuade the EU to extend its emissions-trading scheme to the roads, the Epoch Times reports. If successful, car-owners could be given a carbon allowance which they could extend by buying surplus credits from other road-users whose own emissions fall below their allocated quota...
Vail Plans $1 Billion LEED Resort Village
Vail Resorts is planning a $1 billion project to transform a 9.5-acre site, currently known as West LionsHead, into what Vail is calling a green multi-use resort village consisting of residences, a hotel, offices, retail shops and restaurants, mountain operations facilities, a public parking garage, a new gondola and related skier portal and a public park. It's been dubbed Ever
Adobe’s Energy-Efficient Headquarters Saves $1.2 Million Annually
When San Jose-based software firm Adobe Systems hired Cushman & Wakefield in 2001, Adobe wasn't looking to go green - it just wanted to cut energy consumption to save money, the Monterey Herald reports. As a result of the work, Adobe was the first in the world to attain LEED's platinum certification, the highest level of environmental efficiency possible. Cushman
Continuum Plans Solar Array for Belmar
Continuum Partners, the Denver-based Belmar, a mixed-use project that combines retailers, boutiques, restaurants, cafes, theatres, offices, residences, artist studios, parks and plazas, is already using wind turbines on top of street lights, solar-powered parking meters, and energy-efficient building techniques, Rocky Mountain News reports. Now, the developer is planning to incorporate...
Raleigh Cuts Energy Costs with LEDs
Raleigh, North Carolina is experimenting with cutting energy consumption and maintenance costs by replacing conventional public light fixtures with ones based around LEDs, CNET reports. Raleigh - with LED manufacturer Cree - has already replaced high-pressure sodium lights in a downtown parking garage with LED lights. Early projections indicate that initial expenses will get recovered in cost savings in two